On This Day

Tuesday, April 20, 1948

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
Tigers 1 0 1.000 --
Athletics 2 0 1.000 -0.5
Indians 1 0 1.000 0.0
Senators 1 1 .500 0.5
Yankees 1 1 .500 0.5
White Sox 0 1 .000 1.0
Browns 0 1 .000 1.0
Red Sox 0 2 .000 1.5

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cardinals 1 0 1.000 --
Dodgers 1 0 1.000 0.0
Phillies 1 0 1.000 0.0
Reds 1 1 .500 0.5
Pirates 1 1 .500 0.5
Giants 0 1 .000 1.0
Cubs 0 1 .000 1.0
Braves 0 1 .000 1.0

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank Baumholtz 4
1 Bert Haas 4
3 Jim Hegan 3
3 Dave Philley 3
5 26 tied 2

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Monty Basgall 1
1 Phil Cavarretta 1
1 Walker Cooper 1
1 Billy Cox 1
1 7 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tom McBride 4
2 Jim Hegan 3
3 Phil Cavarretta 2
3 Gil Coan 2
3 5 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Thurman Tucker 2
2 Gil Coan 1
2 Bert Haas 1
2 Don Johnson 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Bob Feller 0.75
2 Dutch Leonard 0.57
3 Sid Hudson 0.50
4 Hal Newhouser 0.44
5 Rip Sewell 0.38

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Murry Dickson 1
1 Bob Feller 1
1 Sid Hudson 1
1 3 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Sid Hudson 4
1 Larry Jansen 4
1 Dutch Leonard 4
1 Hal Newhouser 4
5 3 tied 3

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Jack Conway .667
2 Leon Culberson .625
2 Gus Niarhos .625
4 Clyde Kluttz .600
5 Eddie Yost .571

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Bobby Adams 1
1 Monty Basgall 1
1 Phil Cavarretta 1
1 Walker Cooper 1
1 14 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Tom McBride 4
2 Gil Coan 3
2 Jim Hegan 3
2 Allie Reynolds 3
5 15 tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Thurman Tucker 2
2 Sam Chapman 1
2 Gil Coan 1
2 Bert Haas 1
2 Don Johnson 1

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Murry Dickson 0.00
1 Bob Feller 0.00
1 Dutch Leonard 0.00
1 Tommy Byrne 0.00
1 2 others tied 0.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 1
1 Lou Brissie 1
1 Hugh Casey 1
1 Murry Dickson 1
1 7 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Joe Dobson 9
2 Lou Brissie 7
3 Allie Reynolds 5
4 Ewell Blackwell 4
4 4 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Harry Walker .367
2 Ted Williams .339
3 Barney McCosky .330
4 George Kell .320
4 Johnny Pesky .320

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Ralph Kiner 51
2 Johnny Mize 49
3 Walker Cooper 36
4 Willard Marshall 34
5 Ted Williams 30

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Johnny Mize 135
2 Ralph Kiner 124
3 Walker Cooper 121
4 Bob Elliott 110
5 Ted Williams 108

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Bob Dillinger 34
2 Jackie Robinson 29
3 Dave Philley 20
4 Pete Reiser 14
5 Harry Walker 13

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Warren Spahn 2.33
2 Ewell Blackwell 2.39
3 Dutch Leonard 2.53
4 Bob Feller 2.64
5 Joe Haynes 2.65

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ewell Blackwell 21
1 Ralph Branca 21
1 Bob Feller 21
1 Larry Jansen 21
1 2 others tied 21

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Bob Feller 196
2 Ewell Blackwell 185
3 Hal Newhouser 175
4 Ralph Branca 146
5 Johnny Sain 134

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Klieman 17
1 Joe Page 17
3 Hugh Casey 16
4 Russ Christopher 12
5 2 tied 10